Girdle or the like



NOV. 20, 1951 F, MEDERMANN I 2,575,460

GIRDLE OR THE LIKE Filed Sept. 30, 1947 /11 INVENTOR.

g FRED N/EDERMANM BY ATFOENEY Patented Nov. 20, 1951 GIRDLE OR THE LIKE Fred Niedermann, Rockville Centre, N. Y., assignor to Mastercraft Foundations, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application September 30,1947; Serial No. 777,025

3 Claims.

'f This invention is a new and improved elastic girdle or the like, and is applicable to any garment having a girdle portion.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a girdle or the like of light weight construction capable of doing the job of a relatively heavy weight girdle.

It is a further object of the present invention to impart to the garment a controlling feature inthe abdomen and buttocks by restricting the stretch in portions of the garment through inverting certain of the elastic panels thereat.

It is a still further object of the present invention-to provide a girdle or like garment having restrictive sections where they are most needed for body control.

Another-object of the present invention is to assemble into a garment individually stitched layers 'of power net material, that is, knitted or woven material wherein the stretch is restricted in or limited to one direction.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a girdle wherein the pockets in which the stays fit are made of Lastex material so as to permit complete freedom of movements of the pockets when the garment is worn.

Other objects and advantages will be in part obvious from the annexed drawing and in part hereinafter indicated in connection therewith by the following analysis of this invention.

This invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of parts and in the unique relations of the members and in the relative proportioning and disposition thereof; all as more completely outlined herein.

To enable others skilled in the art so fully to comprehend the underlying features thereof that they may embody the same by the modifications in structureand relation contemplated by this invention, a drawing depicting a certain form of the invention has been annexed as a part of this disclosure, and in such drawing, like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout all the views,of which:

Fig. 1 is a frontelevation of a garment according to the invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a view of the garment turned inside out to better show the interior of the front portion thereof.

Fig. 4 is a view of the garment similar to Fig. 3, to better show the interior of the back portion thereof.

Reference now will be made more particularly thickness. shorter reinforcing panels 20 defined by the free and 4 show the garment in inside-out position, disclosing the interior of the garment and the disposition of the panels hereinafter described with reference thereto. The garment comprises generally of a front panel l0 connected to a rear panel II by the side vertical seams l2, l3 reinforced by the vertical elastic strips l4, l5, respectively, the said vertical strips being in turn stitched to the said panels by the lines of stitching l6, II, respectively. At the upper portion of strip hi, there is provided the usual flexible bone or stay insert (not seen) located in a pocket formed by strip l4 and a strip of fabric |8. On either side of the vertical medial line of the garment and disposed over the front panel is a reinforcing panel is defined by the stitches l9a, |9b, by which these panels are secured to front panel Ill and the unstitched edge I90. As clearly seen in Fig. 3, reinforcing panels l9 do not entirelycover the front panel In, but are short of the vertical medial line and the top of the garment, leaving an area on both sides of this vertical medial line unreinforced by panels I9, and the side areas A unreinforced or of single Disposed over panels I9 are the edge 20b and the stitches 2041, 20c by which together with stitching 20c panels 20 are secured to the panels l9 and Hi. Panels 20 are disposed to the left and right respectively of the vertical medial line of the garment, and are preferably somewhat narrower than panels I9 and are located nearer the top than the bottom of the garment. overlying the vertical medial line of the garment (where, so far, there is only one thickness of material, namely, that of front panel l0), and overlying the seams or stitching H31) and 20b of panels I9, 20, is a centrally reinforcing panel 2| which extends the length of the front side of the garment and which is defined by the stitching 2 la, 2 lb, 2 la, and by which it is secured to the panels, 20, i9 and I0. Center panel 2| preferably is provided with an intermediate portion having inwardly directed arouate sides defined by the portions 2 lb of stitching 2|b,"the upper tapering end defined by the portions 2| b of stitching Zlb, and the lower tapering end defined by the portion 2|b of stitching Zlb.

The upper tapering end preferably is wider than the lower tapering end of panel 2|. Overlying and secured with panels 2|, 20, I9 and H1, is the inner, substantially diamond-shaped reinforcing panel 22 defined by the stitching 22a, 22b, 220,

to the drawing, bearing in mind that Figs. 3 22d. Inner panel 22 extends across substantially the entire width of front panel HI and is much closer to the top than the bottom of the garment.

Thus, upper-side areas A have a single thickness of material (front panel l); upper center area B has a double thickness of material (front panel l0 and upper center panel 2|) in which area B extend the parts of the edge portions 190 of panels; an'dlowerarea Canasta douhle thickness of material in which area cextendthe 'lower parts of the edge portions I90 of panels IS. The abdominal area of the garment bounded bythe stitching 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d has its intermediate or central portion D comprised of three "thick nesses of material (front panel rlllrzcenter manel 2| and inner panel 22), inwJhich=area;D-.:extend intermediate parts of the edge portions ofpanels l9 and 20 and its lateral portions Emcrnprisedof four thickness of material, namely, front panel l0, inner panel 22, and intermediate panels Hand 20. Running down vertically from the center of the abdominal :area .of the :garmentis a pocket :formed between the elasticstrip 30 rand of the ,panels adjacent thereto :by :istitching 130a, tin zwhioh pocketthereis disposed thernsual flexib1e. bone'or stay insert ,(notseen) On eitherrside of the .pocket. formed by ithe elasticstrip $0 and extending downwardlyamelatively shortadistanee frommheitop of ztheegarment: are nertical-gnockets formed :between :the strips ,3 l and zthegpanels ;adjjacent thereto,:in \which are ;dispose.d'athe usual stay or :bone inserts.

Olverlying back (panel :l1.l is:a reinforcingzinner ipanel 32 extending the length of zpanelrtl -Lrbut :shorlterrin-width thereof. :PanelMrpreferably-lhas :arcuate lateral edges :securedtopanehll rand-the Qarcuate lateral edges; of innerrsidepanels 3:3 by athe' linesof stitching. 32a. .Ranel ,i2gpreferablydias :a V-shaped -outout at its top reenter ;:at which panel v3'2 is .zfurther secured1to :;panel ,H :by the lines of stitching I321) stitchedxto back f nancial. Panels 33 :have slanting topedges secured toalbaok :panel l I by the lines of stitching Ma.

The .upper portion of azside 20f the garment is aslittedas indicated at. and is provided Lthereat with the usual complementary fasteningrmeans :zor zipper 3 5. Adjacent s'lit.:3,4,zthagarmentis pro- :vided with .the usual ifabric flap 7:36 -,adapte d ito .cover .thezsaidfastening means. vThe:bottmi'i43f a-cthe garment is :reinforced by ran selastic {or kband *40 extending completely :around @tlue zbotitomcfthe garment and secureditmthe;panels=-adjacent thereto by the lines of stitchingdl. 28ecured at band 4.0 :at ,ccnvenient placesand sbettween saidoband 4.0 and fabric strips 42 larezthe 'fusualflhose supporters 43. The .:top-of :the gar-- :ment t is reinforced by an elastic :strip or :M "which extendsxaroundthetop ofztheggarmentsbut islseparated at the slit 34 ,of thegarmentztofaoilitate placement of the garment upon-the hedysof the wearer. It is'understood ithattthe stitc'hings "for the panels and reinforcing comprise zigzagstitches in orderzto allow ithe garment 110 remain :elastic at 'the panel iseams/and stapes.

1t ,iisnot intended 'to limit :the inventionto-iany gparticular type :of one-way or awo way l stretch material, woven :or. knitted: orrnetted. Ihei-fabric preferably :selected for the panels to, 51k! 13,520, 22, 3.3 is designated :in the itradewas gpowennet', which is a netted fabric in which the main par' :allel elastic :threads :are connected mylmuch :shor'ter lateral elastic or-rnoneel-astictthreads. The fabric preferably selected for :the panelsd l :and .32 :is known in the trade as fileno" -.or lone way stretch "elastic xmaterlal. Howevtemtt ts are may be made be so limited. The power stretch and power stretch direction as used in the description and claims of the specification may be defined respectively as the desired effective stretch and as the direction in which the desired effective stretch takes place. In the preferred embodiment shown and described herein, the fpqwer'lstretch" in panels Ill, l9,,20 and;22 at the ,frontof ithelgarment andin panels -:II and 33 at the rear of the garment, preferably takes place in horizontal direction; and the power stretch" vin ,panel. 2| at the front of the "garment and in panel32 at the rear of the garment, preferably ztakes'iplace inavertical direction; that is, panels =10, 2H, 19,121), r22zand 33 each embody a power stretch inhorizontal direction and panels 2| and ,32 .each :embodypower stretch in vertical directionf However, panel 22 or any of the panels hav- =ing apower stretch in horizontal direction may be arranged to haveits power stretch in vertical di- ;:rection',:a;,purpose;of .the invention being, 'to so -disposeathe panels that the direction of ,power stretch in one or more of the ,panels may be ar- :ranged.at.substantiallyright angles to the-direction of power-stretch, in the :remaining panels.

"Thus-there has beerrproyided agarmentwhlch is lightweight and flat inconstruction, capable of :performance of ;;.a heayy weight girdle 201 :the .like, :and which :has restrictive sections where :they ;are 'most needed. By :arranging the -panels relative to their power stretch effectiveness, the garment is productive in controlling the abdommeniand :buttocks of the wearer.

v,li Vhat is described asnew andidescribedltohbe --secured by Letters Patent is:

1 A girdle comprising an -.elastic frontmain paneland anr-elasticrear mainpaneljoined to- .rgfithfirlat'theiriside edges to provide a tubular garment, areinforcing elastic panel on either :side of the verticalmedial line of said frontpanel extending from said :side edges and terminating short of said medial line, said reinforcing panels rextending substantially the length of. said front panel, :a reinforcing elastic panel overlying a portion .of each of the first mentioned reinforcing panels and terminating short of the ,front .edge -of the latter, .a reinforcing elastic center rpanel overlying the center of saidfront panel/and noverlying the front edges of the :first mentioned reinforcing i-panels, a diamond shaped ireinforeelastic panel-extending across the frontpanel end overlyingwsaid center panel andthe firstand :second mentioned reinforcing ,panels, a reinforcim ,elastic rrear panel disposed on either side of the vertical line :of and upon said ,rear ,main 3338-1181, :and a reinforcing 'rear center panel dis- .xposed-zbetween the confronting edges ;of the .nrst mentioned reinforcing-rear panels.

:2. :A ,girdle comprising .an elastic front main panel and an elastic rear .main panel joined together at their side edges to .provide a ,tlibular garment, =a horizontally stretchable reinforcin relasticpanel disposed oneitherpside of .the vertical medial :linelof said front main panelextendring from lithe side edges thereof ,and terminating short of said medial line, eachfofsaidlreinforcing elastic panels extendingsfromtheibottom of .said tfront main panel and having its top edge ,disposed below :the top edge of the latter, aihorizontally stretchable elastic panel overlying fthe r pper portionof :eachof the-first mentionedrein- {forcin p nels and extending from the ,side edge of said front main panel and terminating short of ltheffront-edgeof. saidfirst mentioned reinforcing intended ithatxthe: material an which thegpanebi F ,gpanelaa vertically stretchable ,elongatedlrein'forcing center panel overlying the center of said front main panel and extending from the top to the bottom of the latter, the side edges of said center panel overlying the front edges of said first mentioned reinforcing panels and extending to the front edges of the second mentioned reinforcing panels above and below the latter, a substantially diamond shaped horizontally stretchable reinforcing panel extending between the side edges of said front main panel and overlying portions of 1 said first and second mentioned reinforcing panels and of said reinforcing center panel, a horizontally stretchable reinforcing panel extending from each of the side edges of said rear main panel and terminating short of the vertical 1 medial line of the latter, and a vertically stretchable reinforcing center panel overlying the central portion of said main rear panel and terminating at its side edges in line with the rear edges of the last mentioned horizontally stretchable reinforcing panels.

3. A girdle as set forth in claim 1, wherein said side edges of said reinforcing center panel on the front main panel are concaved in the area thereof confronting the front edges of said second mentioned reinforcing panels to thereby provide a space therebetween.

FRED NIEDERMANN.

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